History of the World Chapter 1 Review

Process bodies went through in order preserve them for the after life

Found on top of ziggurats

King Hammurabi founded what ancient empire?

Means "land between the rivers"

Wedge shaped writing is known as...

A nation is a small group of people who think of themselves as one and act in history as a unit

Which are Sumerians NOT known for

Joseph was appointed...

Patriarchs or founding fathers of Isreal

What is the way of life of a group of people?

City where survivors settled after the flood.

Earliest tombs pharaohs built for tombs

Cataracts are rapids in Southern Egypt that prevented the Nile from being used to invade.

Herodotus was a Roman historian who wrote about the ruins of Egypt

What did the plagues teach the Egyptians about their gods?

The Hammurabi Laws held rules people needed to follow to live together and punishment was fair

Sphinxes, pyramids, and mortuary temples were for?

Belief in more than one god

What is NOT a characteristic similar to God's that permits fellowship with him

Son of Ham that settled in Egypt

Humanism is...